I want to use a pre-assigned filename to save a PNG file

[Ronster]

I have checked out the report writer for saving a front panel screen and it is more than I need.  How do I take a number that the user has already entered into the vi and use that for a filename to save a bmp of the front panel to a directory?

[Guruthilak]

use the "build path" function in the File I/O Pallete like this

[Ronster]

I made the path real simple and it worked.  I must have had an error in my path structure.  Thanks for the input!

[Ronster]

OK.  The screen picture of my graph is saved to my job folder.  However, I have several string indicators that overlay my picture and they are not saved along with the graph.  Is there a way to include them without digging down into the code and postioning them that way?

[Broken_Arrow]

What method are you using? Print to RTF will make a handy Word-ready picture. See attached.

[Ronster]

Broken Arrow,

I'll give it a try.  I have a polar plot with 24 hours worth of an oven temperature on it.  I have some string 'labels' on top of it and I just want to save the entire screen to a file.  I will try your method.  Thanks!

[GerdW]

Hi Ronster,

there's a method for the VI to get the (whole) frontpanel as picture data to save it with standard picture file functions...

No need to "print" nor to include your string indicators in strange complicated ways...

[Ronster]

OK, what is it?  By the way, the rtf saved a file that was over 3.5 Mbytes!!!!  Man, that's Microsoft style programming at it's finest!  The bmp or the jpg is only 900 K, but as I have stated, I can't figure out how to save the whole front panel and not just the graph block.

[GerdW]

Hi Ronster,

RTFM!

[Ronster]

Thanks GerdW!  What insight!  Don't quit your day job to become an instructor!